International Conference: ‘Perspectives of International Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings’
MINSK (Belarus) – The Fourth Annual International Conference ‘Perspectives of International Law Enforcement Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings’, will take place in Minsk on April 10–12, 2007. The Conference is organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
The Conference is a follow up of the similar May conferences held in Belarus (2003), Kiev (2004) and Chisinau (2005), which have produced three Recommendations for International Operational and Judicial Cooperation in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings.
The main objective of the Conference is to continue the dialogue among the law enforcement practitioners from Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine on practical and operational initiatives within the context of international cooperation in fighting human trafficking. The event will bring together countries of origin, transit and destination, represented by governmental officials from the CIS countries, Central, Western and South-Eastern Europe, other international organizations, diplomatic missions of foreign states in the Republic of Belarus, etc.
This international forum will provide a unique opportunity to share experience on regional and international law enforcement cooperation in combating human trafficking and to elaborate solutions and best practice initiatives. The press-conference devoted to the event will take place at 9:45 am on 11 April 2007 in a conference-hall of “Planeta” hotel: Minsk, Pobediteley ave., 31. For accreditation, please, contact the Press Service of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Belarus: tel.: +375 17 218 77 31. For further information please contact Ms. Tatyana Bugaeva, IOM Minsk Office, tel.: +375 17 284 46 91; e-mail:
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